LOS ANGELES — As a follow-up to our special feature summary of all-news outlets which was posted yesterday (Wednesday, 10/11), we present the second in a four-part series of September 2017 ratings overviews – this one deals with news/talk outlets.

This analysis is comprised of PPM-market news/talk facilities that rank in the top 20 (6+) in the September 2017 ratings period, which covered August 17 through September 13.

It is typical for an all-news station in our sample to have a September 2017 Monday-Sunday (6+) average-quarter-hour share more than one full-point higher than its news/talk counterpart (4.73 versus 3.67, 6+) and to finish roughly four rankers better in that sweep (#7.50 for all-news compared to #11.43 for news/talk, 6+).

Nielsen Audio only releases audience estimates for facilities that subscribe to its services. Owing to that reason, ratings stats in this exclusive overview are limited to stations that pay Nielsen Audio for its data.